On the 24th local time, the U.S. Navy confirmed that a U.S. Navy F-35 fighter jet crashed into the deck of the "Carl Vinson" aircraft carrier that day, and the pilot ejected to escape, and seven people were injured in the accident.
CNN said the injured included the pilot and six people on the deck of the aircraft carrier.
The crash is currently under investigation.
After the U.S. and Japanese warships "showed their muscles" in the Philippine Sea, two U.S. aircraft carrier strike groups recently went to the South China Sea to make waves.
The US Department of Defense claimed on the 24th local time that the aircraft carrier strike group led by the "Carl Vinson" and the "Abraham Lincoln" has begun operations in the South China Sea from the 23rd.
(CCTV reporter Liu Xu)